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Bishop fined €12,000 for denying
Holocaust

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:28:46 GMT

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British Roman Catholic Bishop Richard
Williamson

British Bishop and Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson
has been fined over remarks on Swedish television that fewer than 300,000 Jews
died in Nazi death camps.

A German court in the Bavarian city of
Regensburg on Monday commanded Williamson to pay €12,000.

Williamson
said he believes that no more than 300,000 Jews died in Germany's Nazi
concentration camps rather than the 6 million.

His German lawyer
Matthias Lossmann said his client had been told to pay €100 a day for 120 days
and that he was likely to appeal. If an appeal is lodged, there will be a trial
in Regensburg, which Williamson will not be forced to attend.

Holocaust
denial is classed as a hate crime in Germany and because the interview took
place in Regensburg, German prosecutors were allowed to investigate, The
Guardian reported.

In several other countries, including France and
Austria, "Holocaust denial" is against the law, and "deniers" have been punished
with prison sentences.

For no other historical massacre does such a law
exist.

AGB/SC/DT

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